HILL TOWNS OF NORTH TUSCANY OR HOW TO LEARN TO DRIVE AND SURVIVE IN ITALY
Well, this has been an experience. Alan is fine, except when I drive on these very narrow twisty roads with busses and trucks and a million motorbikes whizzing past us-he was a tad anxious about how his heart could cope, so we had to change drivers! Today we did this great route from Montecarlo (near Lucca, the town with 70 churches!), to Barga, on to Castelnuovo di Garfagnana (porcini mushroom heaven!) and then through the wild valleys and stunning terrains of the Apennine Mts and the incredible marble mines of Carrara - all with what seemed like every Italian motorbiker on the same route! They whizz up behind you, overtake on hairpin bends or come at you from the opposite direction at break neck speed-scare the motorists must be the game!